twin
/twɪn/ verbe C2En français : jumeler, apparier, séparer
- To separate, divide.
- To split, part; to go away, depart.
- To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with. · Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland.· Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.
- To give birth to twins.
- To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.
- To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.
He/she/it twins · Prétérit twinned · Participe passé twinned · Forme en -ing twinning
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Dans la bibliothèque
One of their company, an old man, said, “Let us cease lamenting, my mates, for, as it seems to me, sorrow is always the twin sister of joy; and it was only to be looked for that we, who just now were over-rejoiced, should next have something to make us sad.”
From this central block rose the twin towers, ancient, crenelated, and pierced with many loopholes.
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